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Three
women
sat
on
an
elderly
couch
,
as
if
they
had
come
as
a
matched
set
in
some
outlandish
artistic
exhibition
.
The
couch
was
upholstered
in
threadbare
velvet
,
a
faded
brown
that
might
,
once
,
a
hundred
years
ago
,
have
been
a
bright
canary
yellow
.
The
women
were
dressed
in
identical
fog
-
gray
skirts
and
sweaters
.
Their
eyes
were
too
deeply
set
,
their
skin
the
white
of
fresh
bone
.
The
one
on
the
left
of
the
sofa
was
a
giantess
,
or
almost
,
the
one
on
the
right
was
little
more
than
a
dwarf
,
and
,
between
them
,
was
a
woman
Laura
was
certain
would
be
her
own
height
.
They
followed
her
with
their
eyes
as
she
entered
the
room
,
and
they
said
nothing
.
Laura
had
not
known
they
would
be
there
.
Something
wriggled
and
fell
in
her
nasal
cavity
.
Laura
fumbled
in
her
sleeve
for
a
tissue
,
and
she
blew
her
nose
into
it
.
She
crumpled
the
tissue
and
flung
it
and
its
contents
onto
the
coals
of
the
fire
,
watched
it
crumple
and
blacken
and
become
orange
lace
.
She
watched
the
maggots
shrivel
and
brown
and
burn
.
This
done
,
she
turned
back
to
the
women
on
the
couch
.
They
had
not
moved
since
she
had
entered
,
not
a
muscle
,
not
a
hair
.
They
stared
at
her
.
"
Hello
.
Is
this
your
farm
?
"
she
asked
.
The
largest
of
the
women
nodded
.
Her
hands
were
very
red
,
and
her
expression
was
impassive
.
"
Shadow
—
that
’
s
the
guy
hanging
on
the
tree
.
He
’
s
my
husband
.
He
said
I
should
tell
you
that
he
wants
you
to
give
me
water
.
"
Something
large
shifted
in
her
bowels
.
It
squirmed
,
and
then
was
still
.
The
smallest
woman
nodded
.
She
clambered
off
the
couch
.
Her
feet
had
not
previously
touched
the
floor
.
She
scurried
from
the
room
.
Laura
could
hear
doors
opening
and
closing
,
through
the
farmhouse
.
Then
,
from
outside
,
she
could
hear
a
series
of
loud
creaks
.
Each
was
followed
by
a
splash
of
water
.
